The Chiefs offense didn’t always click during the 2023 season, but they went back to what’s worked in the past in Buffalo on Sunday and it paid off for them. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce hooked up for touchdowns in the second and third quarters of their 27-24 win over the Bills. The scores were the 15th …
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San Jose State hires Ken Niumatalolo: All-time winningest Navy coach takes over Spartans program
Getty Images San Jose State has hired former Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo to replace Brent Brennan, who accepted the Arizona job amid a wave of openings stemming from Nick Saban’s retirement at Alabama. Niumatalolo’s deal is for five years, according to ESPN. Niumatalolo recently accepted the tight ends coach job at UCLA after he spent the 2023 season in a support staff role with …
Read More »Tad Prescott isn’t alone in wanting Dak ‘out of Dallas’ | The Carton Show
Video Details Not only is Dak Prescott’s brother, Tad, sharing his wishes that the quarterback hightail it out of Dallas after the Cowboys’ early playoff exit. Other family members of Dak’s teammates have been chirping too, including CeeDee Lamb’s mom, and Micah Parsons’ brother. Greg Jennings and Willie Colon join Craig Carton to talk about whether all of this criticism …
Read More »Chiefs’ Donovan Smith claims Bills shut off hot water in visiting locker room after K.C.’s playoff win
Getty Images The Kansas City Chiefs advanced to their sixth consecutive AFC Championship Game following their 27-24 road victory over the second-seeded Bills in frigid Buffalo on Sunday night, and apparently they weren’t done dealing with the cold after the game. The Chiefs now own the second-longest streak of reaching the conference championship game round since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger, …
Read More »Panthers no longer expected to interview Eagles OC Brian Johnson for HC job
The Carolina Panthers’ hunt for a new head coach may have maxed out at 11 candidates. According to Joe Person of The Athletic, the organization appears to have “quietly moved on” from Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Brian Johnson—who was reportedly expected to interview for the opening. Person, in his column from Monday morning, writes that the Panthers are now unlikely to …
Read More »2024 NFL Draft: Ranking teams most likely to draft a quarterback in Round 1; Bears on the clock
The quarterback names at the top of the 2024 NFL Draft have been discussed for months: USC’s Caleb Williams and North Carolina’s Drake Maye. There are a handful of others that have entered the chat at various points during the college football season, including LSU’s Jayden Daniels, Michigan’s J.J. McCarthy, Washington’s Michael Penix Jr. and Oregon’s Bo Nix. With a …
Read More »Eagles fire Sean Desai as DC, move on from Matt Patricia; Nick Sirianni made decision, per report
Getty Images The Philadelphia Eagles have fired defensive coordinator Sean Desai, as CBS Sports Lead NFL Insider Jonathan Jones confirms an NFL Media report. It’s expected to be the first of many sweeping changes on that side of the ball. Desai lasted just one season as the team’s defensive coordinator and 13 games as the defensive play-caller before being replaced by …
Read More »Houston Texans QB C.J. Stroud talks lesson from former Ohio State coach after Ravens loss
After ending his rookie season in the AFC Divisional Round against the Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud was asked if he called the 2023 season “a success.” With that, Stroud looked back at his time at Ohio State. “Where I come from in college, you don’t win it all, it’s a fail,” Stroud told reporters. “So that’s the …
Read More »Missed FG seals Bills fate in Divisional loss to KC Chiefs | The Carton Show
Video Details It may have been a missed field goal that sealed the Buffalo Bills fate in their Divisional Round face off against the Kansas City Chiefs, but there were a number of mishaps that led to this loss, and Craig Carton is joined by Greg Jennings and Willie Colon to recount them. They start with Josh Allen, who missed …
Read More »13 DC candidates for Eagles to consider in 2024
13 DC candidates for Eagles to consider in 2024 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles officially moved on from Sean Desai on Sunday (not a shocker) but it was noteworthy that Nick Sirianni was the one to fire Desai. And the Eagles will obviously be looking for a new defensive coordinator. Last season after losing Jonathan Gannon, the …
Read More »Chiefs leave Bills heartbroken again; Lions come up clutch against Buccaneers
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Read More »Jackson State football coach T.C. Taylor going all in with JaCobian Morgan as quarterback
Jackson State football coach T. C. Taylor has seen enough that after four games with JaCobian Morgan as the starting quarterback, he decided the Tigers will go forward with the Syracuse transfer as their starter. Taylor did not go after any other big-name quarterbacks in the transfer portal even though they included a proven Southwestern Athletic Conference quarterback, Andrew Body, …
Read More »Want a clue about Bill O’Brien running Ohio State’s offense? His Penn State QBs gave raves
Matt McGloin was a fifth-year senior. Christian Hackenberg was a true freshman. They were the Penn State quarterbacks in Bill O’Brien’s two years as head coach of the Nittany Lions a decade ago. On Friday, Ohio State hired O’Brien as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach to lend an experienced hand to an offense that underperformed last year. McGloin’s and Hackenberg’s …
Read More »Former Texas A&M defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin emerges as target for Auburn DC job
Former Texas A&M defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin may be coaching in the same role at another SEC university coming up in the 2024 season. According to 247Sports national college football reporter Matt Zenitz, Durkin has emerged as a target for the Auburn defensive coordinator vacancy. Durkin spent the last two seasons in College Station on former head coach Jimbo Fisher‘s …
Read More »Ranking the Ducks’ 2024 football schedule from toughest game to biggest cakewalk
As we get further into the offseason, it’s given us an opportunity to look at non-roster elements of the Oregon Ducks’ upcoming 2024 season. While the transfer portal, and incoming recruits, and returning starters are incredibly important, they are only half of the equation. The schedule is the other half, pitting Dan Lanning and the Ducks up against their new …
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